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Coverage timeline for “chinese trump competition ai”

Wednesday, May 6, 2026
- Deja Vu All Over Again: Futures Surge, Oil Tumbles On Iran Deal Optimism, Tech RallyZeroHedge•12:28 PM
- Give Peace A ChanceZeroHedge•4:15 PM
Monday, May 11, 2026
- Futures Flat, Oil Jumps After Iran Peace Talks Break DownZeroHedge•12:35 PM
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
- Trump Ready To Raise "Core Of China's Core Interests" In Xi Summit: Daily Schedule & What To ExpectZeroHedge•7:00 PM
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
- In diplomacy, pomp and protocol matter, especially when Trump goes to ChinaAP•6:53 AM
- Drills, deals and doubts in the Pacific as Trump visits ChinaAxios•9:40 AM
Thursday, May 14, 2026
- Bessent Says US, China To Launch AI Safety Talks After Trump-Xi Meeting In BeijingZeroHedge•4:00 PM
Friday, May 15, 2026
- The 3 big conflicts in AI race against ChinaAxios•1:00 PM
- US And China Agree To Establish Trade And Investment Boards As Trump-Xi Summit Delivers Modest WinsZeroHedge•2:45 PM
- Trump says Xi is considering a detained pastor’s case, but freeing activist Jimmy Lai is ‘tough’AP•3:23 PM
- Takeaways from Trump’s trip to China: Taiwan, a new framework for relationship and flattery for XiAP•5:23 PM
Monday, May 18, 2026
- Futures Slide After Bond Yields, Oil Prices Jump Around The GlobeZeroHedge•11:42 AM
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
- Escobar On Xi's "Constructive Strategic Stability"ZeroHedge•3:25 AM
Thursday, May 21, 2026
- Futures Slump, Ignoring Korean Euphoria, After Iran Rejects Trump Enriched Uranium DemandsZeroHedge•11:38 AM
Friday, May 22, 2026
- US Stock Futures Rise, Set For 8th Consecutive Week Of GainsZeroHedge•12:07 PM
Thursday, May 28, 2026
- EU Wants Crisis Powers To Seize Control Of Chip Supplies, Seeks Restrictions On Chinese ImportsZeroHedge•5:00 PM
Monday, June 8, 2026
- China’s Xi given lavish welcome in North Korea ahead of closely watched talks with KimAP•7:53 AM
Monday, June 15, 2026
- US Futures, Global Stocks Surge, Oil Tumbles On Iran DealZeroHedge•12:20 PM
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
- China Shock 2.0: Surging Chinese exports threaten Europe’s economy, raising concern at G7 summitAP•6:23 AM
Monday, June 22, 2026
- Stocks Drift As Chips Extend Gains, Oil Slides On Positive US-Iran TalksZeroHedge•12:26 PM
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
- Futures Slide As Tech Tumbles, Korea CrashesZeroHedge•11:59 AM
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
- Trump admin unveils 11-foot-tall, AI-designed nuclear test flight vehicle at the Great American State FairFox News•2:03 PM
Thursday, June 25, 2026
- US Congress welcomes Taiwan’s parliamentary leader to Washington, affirms support for the islandAP•6:23 AM
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
- Range anxietyThe Verge•11:00 AM
Thursday, July 2, 2026
- Z.ai launches ZCode to challenge Cursor, Claude Code and GitHub Copilot in AI codingVentureBeat•10:00 AM
- Futures On Edge As Sliding Chips Spark Another Korea Crash, Payrolls On DeckZeroHedge•12:26 PM
Friday, July 3, 2026
- Futures Rebound With Cash Markets Closed; Gold, Bitcoin JumpZeroHedge•1:54 PM
Monday, July 6, 2026
- When A Toll Isn't A TollZeroHedge•1:15 PM
Thursday, July 9, 2026
- Behind the Curtain: These 3 big AI trends are colliding at the same timeAxios•9:13 AM
Monday, July 13, 2026
- Hedge Fund CIO: "We Haven't Yet Diffused AI Across The Economy To The Degree That It Can Be Useful"ZeroHedge•1:41 AM
- Even Nvidia’s head of automotive fights with Nvidia for computeThe Verge•3:00 PM
Thursday, July 16, 2026
- Futures Slide After Another Korea Rout, TSMA Results Revive AI FearsZeroHedge•12:25 PM
Friday, July 17, 2026
- Futures Tumble As Latest Chinese "DeepSeek Moment" Sparks Chip MeltdownZeroHedge•12:35 PM
Sunday, July 19, 2026
- Top Pentagon official takes shot at OpenAI's Dean BallAxios•10:00 PM
Monday, July 20, 2026
- A Deep Dive Inside Kimi K3, And All Other Chinese AI Models: The Definitive China LLM PrimerZeroHedge•2:45 AM
- The secret Trump administration battle to fight Chinese AIAxios•9:30 AM
- Futures Rebound On Fresh Bout Of Iran Optimism As Hyperscaler Earnings LoomZeroHedge•12:33 PM
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
- Kimi, Crude, & Carney: Rabobank Sums Up The Geopolitical ChaosZeroHedge•4:40 PM
Thursday, July 23, 2026
- Washington Can't Afford To Let The US Lose The Open-Source AI WarZeroHedge•3:25 AM
Friday, July 24, 2026
- White House draws new AI line on ChinaAxios•9:15 AM
- Futures Rebound As Brent Dips Below $100ZeroHedge•11:37 AM
Monday, July 27, 2026
- China's Two-Front Squeeze On America's AI Build-OutZeroHedge•3:20 AM
- Chamath Warns A Government Ban On Open-Source AI Would Tank The Market And Crater Anthropic And OpenAIZeroHedge•10:55 AM
- Futures Jump As Brent Tumbles Below $90 On Fresh Round Of Iran Ceasefire OptimismZeroHedge•12:22 PM
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says he does not support open-weight AI banAxios•10:44 PM
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
- Futures Slide As Tech Rout Continues, Kospi Halted As It Crashes 10%ZeroHedge•11:25 AM
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
- Futures Rise Despite Oil Spike And Ongoing Korean Collapse, Ahead Of Fed, Meta And MicrosoftZeroHedge•12:15 PM
Monday, August 3, 2026
- Trump’s Sloppy, Incompetent Chinese Protectionism Expanded To Robot Vacuums, LawnmowersTechdirt•12:28 PM
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
- Futures Hit Record High As Oil Tumbles After Bessent Says Hormuz May "Reopen Tomorrow"ZeroHedge•12:30 PM
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
- Futures Hit New Record High On Strong Earnings Following Historic Call Buying FrenzyZeroHedge•12:20 PM
- Meta enters the AI coding wars with Muse Spark 1.2 and Muse Code with persistent async background agentsVentureBeat•9:00 PM
Thursday, August 6, 2026
- Futures Flat As Tech Slides After Memory Stocks, Korea TumbleZeroHedge•12:10 PM
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
- Futures Flat With All Eyes On Interest Rates And OilZeroHedge•12:34 PM
Thursday, August 20, 2026
- Futures Slide As Treasury Yields Surge, Erasing Bessent Intervention, Driven By Oil SpikeZeroHedge•12:29 PM
- "No Thanks!" Has A Price: Trump Guts Korea War Games, Courts Kim As The Seoul Alliance BucklesZeroHedge•8:40 PM
Monday, August 24, 2026
- Futures Slide Ahead Of "Pivotal Week" With Nvidia Earnings. Warsh Speech On DeckZeroHedge•12:25 PM
Thursday, August 27, 2026
- Futures Jump After Nvidia's Unprecedented 2028 Guidance Stuns MarketsZeroHedge•11:59 AM
Sunday, August 30, 2026
- US Steps Up Africa Push As China Expands Economic, Security FootprintZeroHedge•1:00 AM
Monday, August 31, 2026
- 'You Will Only Have Yourselves To Blame': Trump Warns Anti-Data-Center Crowd Not To 'Kill The Golden Goose'ZeroHedge•6:40 PM
Thursday, September 3, 2026
- Futures Flat As Yields Ignore Oil MeltupZeroHedge•12:30 PM
Friday, September 4, 2026
- Futures, Yields Flat Ahead Of August Jobs ReportZeroHedge•12:25 PM
Monday, September 7, 2026
- Futures Drop As Iran Hostilities Send Brent To 6 Week High Above $97ZeroHedge•1:22 PM
Saturday, September 12, 2026
- Trump Brushes Off AI Doomsaying to Guard US Lead Over China - Bloomberg.comGoogle News•3:52 PM
Sunday, September 13, 2026
- AI's most powerful CEOs hit the brakesAxios•12:56 PM
- "Not Entirely Satisfied": German Foreign Minister Grumbles That Ukraine Isn't Buying Enough German GunsZeroHedge•1:20 PM
- Trump brushes off AI doom predictions, says US must push ahead - New York PostGoogle News•3:30 PM
- Donald Trump rejects calls from tech bosses for an AI slowdown - Financial TimesGoogle News•3:42 PM
- Trump downplays AI risks after dire expert warnings and calls to slow development down - BBCGoogle News•4:29 PM
- Trump says 'very negative forces' raising exaggerated concerns over AI - ReutersGoogle News•4:58 PM
- Trump dismisses AI leaders’ calls to slow down, citing Chinese competition - The Washington PostGoogle News•5:03 PM

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